What is a citizens' initiative?

A group of at least 1 million EU nationals can ask the European Commission to propose a law in one of its policy areas.

This is called a ‘citizens’ initiative’.

How to organise an initiative

Before you launch your initiative, you need to set up an organising committee.

Your committee should be made up of at least 7 EU citizens, living in at least 7 different EU countries. They don’t have to be nationals of 7 different countries, but they must be old enough to vote in European Parliament elections in their country.